Walter James FULWOOD

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FULWOOD, Walter James

Service Number:	28590
Enlisted:	10 May 1916, at Adelaide
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
Born:	Snowtown, South Australia, February 1884
Home Town:	Balaclava, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Memorials:	Bordertown District of Tatiara WW1 Roll of Honor, Keith War Memorial

10 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 28590, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, at Adelaide
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 28590, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 28590, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 28590

Biography contributed by Modbury High School

Walter James Fulwood

Walter James Fulwood was born in approximately February 1884 in Snowtown, South Australia. Before Fulwood applied to the war, he worked as a farmer at Balaclava in Victoria.

During the war, Fulwood was a gunner. He embarked from Australian in October 1916 and spent most of 1917 training in England. In September 1917 he finally reached his unit in Belgium He served safely through 1918 but in early 1919 became ill with influenza. He was discharged for the flu. He returned to Australia in May 1919.

No details are known of Fulwood's later life.

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